recordgrp AP5 - JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

Farm workers and child labour on farms United Democratic Front (UDF) - One Million Signatures Campgain Royal Agricultural Show, Pietermaritzburg. Royal Agricultural Show, Pietermaritzburg. Municipal workers carrying out repairs. Municipal worker carrying buckets for work Scene from life in a men's hostel: Views of the inmates in their living quarters Scene from life in a men's hostel: Views of the inmates in their living quarters Scene from life in a men's hostel: Views of the inmates in their living quarters Scene from life in a men's hostel: Views of the inmates in their living quarters
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ZA AFRAPIX AP5

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JULIE FREDERIKSE, Collection of photographs

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  • 1980s-1990s (Creation)

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recordgrp

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+/- 800 photographs

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(1982-1992)

Administrative history

Afrapix was a collective agency of amateur and professional photographers who documented Apartheid South Africa through their photographs in the 1980s. At its height there were 20 members, and up to 60 "stringers" which had an affiliation and would do projects for Afrapix.

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This collection was opened by Julie Frederikse while she began researching her book The Unbreakable Thread: Non-Racialism in South Africa. The photographs she gathered, numbering over 1200, form the bulk of this collection. Captured by photographers from Afrapix and International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF), and other photographers of the time, this collection of 'struggle photography' is a visual document of South Africa's turbulent political past, and include topics such as: African National Congress, Conscription, Education, Elections, Funerals, Labour, Living Conditions, Military and Police, National Party, Protests, Transvaal Indian Congress, Resistance, and Unrest.

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The photographs which are displayed here form part of "The Original SAHA Photograph Collection". Not all of the images have been taken by AFRAPIX photographers and are therefore excluded from this project. However, the numbering and structure of the "The Original SAHA Photograph Collection" has been retained.

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The copyright of the photographs in this collection rests with the respective photographer.
Permission to use these photographs for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.

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The photographs have been digitised from the the collection "AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection", held at the South African History Archive (SAHA).

http://www.saha.org.za/collections/south_african_history_archive_photographs_6.htm

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